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Mirdox marco rovelli
milano, italy, Italy   ITA
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1980 MG MGB "Giallona"
Hi all,
I have a doubt on the right working of my petrol gause from Speedhut.
I have installed it in conjuction with a new sender, I have set it manually as described in the instruction but it seems to work not properly.
In fact close to the emply position the pointer moves from the 1/8 to empty and vice versa. It moves gently and slowly....
Could it be caused by the movement of the petrol inside and a consequente reading of the gauge that moves slowly as set in this way?
Maybe I have forgotten some passages?
I remember that the original gauge was not under the volt stabilizer......maybe it is needed (I do not think).
Someone had the same problem?
And in case do you think it is caused by the sender of by the gauge?

Many thanks as usual
ciao
Mirdox

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MG Cruiser Keith Delta4
Rockingham, WA, Australia   AUS
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Did you setup the gauge to read empty without any fuel or did you set the gauge to empty with a few litres of fuel in the bottom. I think that if there is some fuel left in the tank, as an emergency supply, the guage should read steady at empty.
I hope that makes sense.

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Mirdox marco rovelli
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When I set up the tank was dry.....

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lewisrn Gold Member Bob L
Danville, IN, USA   USA
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1980 MG MGB "The "B"
I have had my Speedhut gauge set for almost 5 years and they work great.

Do NOT hook the fuel gauge (or any other Speedhut gauges) to the voltage stabilizer. If you hook up the fuel gauge to the stabilizer, it will oscillate every time the stabilizer does its thing. I won't tell you how I know this. winking smiley

I set the empty setting on my fuel gauge with a couple of gallons still in the tank. I never allow my car to go below 1/4 tank anyway so it doesn't matter.



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Mirdox marco rovelli
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I did NOT.....all my Speedhut gauges are linked to the same +12 circuit using the loom supplied by the company.
The issue should be in a different point.....

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